What do you do with tortillas? And, do you make or buy yours?

[Tricia O]

We buy a lot of tortillas (more so lately) and since we already grind our own wheat, we are considering buying the tortilla press that Breadbecker's sells (we need to order more wheat & other things soon anyway). What do you do with tortillas in your house? Today we made quesadillas by mixing up sour cream & refried beans, spreading on tortilla, topping with ground beef (flavored with taco sauce), cheese & then topping with another tortilla and cooking on our electric griddle. :yum:
If you make quesadillas, what kind do you make? What else do you do with tortillas? Thanks! :)

[Alana]

I usually sautee some chicken in Mexican spices with onions and bell peppers if I have them, then I put it on a tortilla with some colby jack cheese. I put another tortilla on top and put them in the oven to brown and crisp. Then I serve with sour cream, shredded lettuce, homemade pico de gallo and if I am really adventurous, guacamole.

Other things we do:

Tacos= meat cheese lettuce tomato sour cream
Fancy Burritos= beans cheese lettuce tomato sour cream
Cheap Burritos=beans and cheese
Chicken soft tacos= see tacos
Chicken wraps= zesty garlic tortillas, add breaded chicken, crisp romaine lettuce, tomato and a little shredded parmesan cheese with ceasar dressing. Yummy!

Dh and kid favorite - tortillas and Nutella

[DD in IL]

Since dgs is on Feingold, we use them in place of bread....sausage roll up, pimento cheese roll up, hamburger roll up, you name it we roll it.....then there are the usual uses for them.

[Alicia]

We use tortillas for Enchiladas and Fajitas.:yum:

[Kendall in GA]

What else do you do with tortillas? Thanks! :)

Flour or corn???

[Lisa in Ft. Worth, T]

Hi Tricia :hi:

We grind our own wheat also and have a Villaware tortilla press. Love it. Here are some different recipes to help you out.


CHICKEN MANGO & AVACADO TACOS

I made these tonight just trying to throw together something with what I had on hand and my husband and I really enjoyed them.

two cooked chicken breasts cut into slices
sauté in olive oil 1 small onion, 1 yellow squash, 1 clove of garlic
mix chicken and sautéed veggies together
sliced up 1 avocado
sliced up 1 mango
food processed cherry tomatoes
threw it all on a tortilla and it was delicious...the mango is really needed for this yummy healthy taco


Veggie Bean Tacos

1 onion
2 Yellow Squash
2 zucchini
3 corn on cob or frozen
1 can black beans
2 tomatoes or (I use a can of rotel--OMIT JALAPENO!--)
1 jalapeno

corn tortillas
cilantro

>Wash everything. Then go in order of ingredients. You can chop
the next ingredient while the first is cooking but you have to be
fast. Make sure you have a large skillet. I use my large wok.
Everything eventually ends up in the skillet.

>Chop onion and saute in olive oil until translucent( I sometimes
add a couple cloves of garlic).

>Slice squash and zucchini. I cut down the middle and then slice
forming half circles. Throw in with onions cook a few minutes.

>Shuck raw corn. I usually cut the end off so it is very flat. Put
vertical in my corningware baking dish with pretty high sides and
slice downwards with a sharp knife. Again throw in skillet with
the rest(getting the hang of this yet?) cook a few minutes

>Drain and rinse black beans. In to the skillet as well and heat
until warm

>Chop tomatoes throw them in. These don't take very long to cook.
Just until warm.
Use gloves and seed jalapeno and chop. Then add as well. Almost
done. <I never use jalapeno. I use canned rotel with juice or just
tomatoes. You are on your own here.>

>Once everything is hot you add to corn tortillas like a taco and
garnish with cilantro.
>You could also added sour cream or cheese. Anything you might use
on regular meat tacos. We also eat it like stew or with tortilla
chips.


From Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home Sweet Potato Quesadilla

1 1/2 cups chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 Tbsp. oil
4 cups grated peeled sweet potato (2-3 small-ish potatoes)
1/2 tsp oregano
1 tsp chili powder, or more, to taste
2 tsp cumin, or more, to taste
generous pinch cayenne
salt and black pepper to taste

1 cup grated sharp cheddar or Jack cheese

8 tortillas

I also add black beans. This recipe is pretty versatile- you can add
just about anything to it.

Saute onion and garlic in oil until translucent. Add the grated sweet
potatoes and seasonings and cook, covered, for about 10 minutes,
stirring frequently to prevent sticking. (It still sticks some, but
it comes off the pan pretty easily.) When the sweet potato is tender,
add the salt and pepper and remove the filling from the heat. Prepare
quesadillas as normal. (I lay the tortillas on a cookie sheet, cover
them with the sweet potato filling and a little cheese. I bake them
in the oven at 350 until the cheese is bubbly, and then I put 2
tortillas together to make the quesadilla. Pretty easy that way.)

Great served with your favorite salsa!



~ Tomato Soup & Grilled cheese quesadillas


Fruit Enchilada ~ It's from my friend. It's officially "Apple Enchiladas," but she told me it was equally good with pears. She's so right! We also decided that peaches, cherries, or apricots would be yummy too! I am not claiming that it's healthy, but it can be adjusted to be healthier. It tastes like apple pie -- even the pear version!! This was a fun and easy way to use all of our pears that really needed to be eaten soon.

Apple Enchiladas (or any other fruit you prefer)

1 can apple pie filling (I made my own "pear pie filling" - about 8 pears diced into 1/2" cubes, simmered in a small amount of water with about 1 Tbsp. evaporated cane juice until pears were soft. Then I added 1-2 Tbsp. arrowroot powder and a few shakes of cinnamon and nutmeg and kept stirring until thickened.)
6 large flour tortillas (I used whole spelt tortillas)
3 Tbsp. cinnamon

Spoon pie filling into the middle of each tortilla and sprinkle with cinnamon. Roll up and place side by side in an oiled baking dish. (I forgot to sprinkle the cinnamon inside the tortillas and sprinkled it over the top of the rolled up tortillas -- that worked very well, too.)

Place the following in a saucepan:
1/2 C water
1/2 C brown sugar (Sucanat or Rapadura sugar works well - I used more like 1/3 of a cup)
1/2 C granulated sugar (I used about 1/3 c. of evaporated cane juice crystals)
1/2 C butter

Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour over the rolled-up tortillas. Let stand for 35 minutes. (This is a very important step!) Cook in a 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes -- just until enchiladas begin to brown. Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. (These make a sweet brunch or breakfast treat, too.)

~ Tortilla Soup


Pizza using tortillas instead of traditional pizza crust

~ Tostadas. Here is a recipe to try: http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2006/03/tostadas.html

~Eggs, cheese, potatoes, onion, bacon, sour cream, sausage, etc. in tortilla

~Tortilla with PB&J



Asian Roll Ups - Serves 4

1 10-ounce can salmon -- drained and flaked

1 7-ounce can Mandarin oranges

1/3 cup finely chopped green onions

1 1/2 tablespoons peanut butter

1/8 cup low-sodium soy sauce plus 1 tablespoon -- divided

1/2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1-2 cloves garlic -- pressed

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

4 low carb tortillas (if available)

1/2 tablespoon rice vinegar

Drain oranges and reserve 2 tablespoons liquid. Chop enough oranges to equal 1/2 cup and reserve the remaining oranges for a tossed green salad (which you should have on the side).

Place the salmon in a medium bowl. Add green onions, peanut butter, 1 tablespoon of the soy sauce, lemon juice, garlic and mix well. Spoon a portion of the salmon filling in each tortilla and wrap it up and serve.

In a small bowl, combine remaining 1/4 cup soy sauce, reserved mandarin orange liquid and vinegar; mix well to be served as a dipping sauce. Maybe serve with brown rice.


~ Chicken Enchiladas


Also, here is a twist that my friend tried and it is indeed yummy.

SWEET TORTILLAS WITH FRUIT SALSA
We had a fun lunch today… we made homemade tortillas, but we made them a
little sweet instead of salty… and we made them crunchy. They had the
consistency of a homemade waffle cone from the ice cream store. And then
we made a fresh salsa from fruit and broke the tortillas into chips and
ate!! Yummy!!

I cut back on the salt a little, and added Agave Nectar (to taste) to my liquids. I replaced the olive oil with coconut oil. Then we left it on the griddle for about 1.5 minutes, or until golden brown and firm.

For the salsa, I filled my very large food processor with strawberries, 3
sour apples, 1 banana, and a bunch of grapes and blended it until it was
minced and fine. I probably would have added some lemon juice if I had had
it. Kiwi would have been good, too, but ours were too firm.

[Katie]

Dh and kid favorite - tortillas and Nutella

:yum: I'll have to try this!!!

We like to cut them into triangles and bake them for pita chips!

[Karen (OR)]

Tricia,

One thing we do is make ham and cheese roll-ups. Lay out tortilla put a layer of ham and then cheese. I just put the ham and cheese down the middle. Heat in microwave till cheese starts to melt maybe 45 seconds. Take out and cut off a strip of excess tortilla. Roll up and microwave for about 15 more seconds. We usually dip them in ranch dressing or bar b que sauce. Yummy.

Blessings,
Karen

[Donna L]

We don't have a press but we make our own all the time. It is a super simple thing to do and no special gadgets are necessary.

Flour Tortillas
1/2 c. lukewarm water
1/4 c. oil
1 t. salt
2 c. bread flour
Mix together and knead until it is a nice ball ( about 5 minutes from start to finish). Form inot ball and cover with a bowl to let rest for at least 20 minutes. Repeat process if you would like more tortillas. (I usually make a couple of doughs.) When you are ready to roll out, cut each ball of dough into 8 balls. Roll out each ball into a round circle. Cook immediately over a hot, dry skillet (I prefer black iron for this), or put in between wax paper to cook one at a time later on. Keep well covered so they won't dry out. You cook each one about 1 minute on each side until they are lightly brown.

We use ours for burritos, quesadillas, tacos, breakfast burritos, enchiladas, to eat with fresh with butter, to make chips ( they are really yummy with balsamic vinegar sea salt on them) ... for wraps... we use them a lot. They are yum.

[Lisa in Ft. Worth, T]

Boy, Karen. That sounds so simple and it's never even crossed my mind to make. That will be on the list! :yum: Thank you.